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SUBMITTER: Raju D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4372435 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Raju Diana D Schonauer Sophie S Hamzeh Hussein H Flynn Kevin C KC Bradke Frank F Vom Dorp Katharina K Dörmann Peter P Yildiz Yildiz Y Trötschel Christian C Poetsch Ansgar A Breiden Bernadette B Sandhoff Konrad K Körschen Heinz G HG Wachten Dagmar D
PLoS genetics 20150324 3
Glycosphingolipids are key elements of cellular membranes, thereby, controlling a variety of cellular functions. Accumulation of the simple glycosphingolipid glucosylceramide results in life-threatening lipid storage-diseases or in male infertility. How glucosylceramide regulates cellular processes is ill defined. Here, we reveal that glucosylceramide accumulation in GBA2 knockout-mice alters cytoskeletal dynamics due to a more ordered lipid organization in the plasma membrane. In dermal fibrobl ...[more]